Families have been urged to fill out a housing needs assessment form or they'll run the risk of being removed from the waiting list altogether.

Dublin City Councillor Noeleen Reilly insists it is "vital" that housing applicants ensure they fill in the document and send it back to Dublin City Council.

The Sinn Fein councillor stressed that she has seen families left in the lurch after not filling out the form in 2011.

She said:

"I have come across so many families who for one reason or another never received the form back when the last assessment was carried out in 2011 or it got lost in the post and the council then removed them off the housing list.